Work Careers A Developmental Perspective

Foreword (Neal Schmitt).

Preface.

The Contributors.

Part One: Foundations of Career Development.

1 Stability in the Midst of Change: A Developmental Perspective on the Study of Careers (Daniel C. Feldman)

2 More Than the Big Five: Personality and Careers (Jill C. Bradley, Arthur P. Brief, Jennifer M. George).

3 Skill Acquisition and Person-Environment Fit (Cheri Ostroff, Yuhyung Shin, Barbara Feinberg).

Part Two: Career Development Across the Life Span.

4 When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It: Career Indecision and Vocational Choices of Teenagers and Young Adults (Daniel C. Feldman).

5 The School-to-Work Transition (Elizabeth Wolfe Morrison).

6 The Establishment Years: A Dependence Perspective (Terri A. Scandura).

7 Career Development in Midcareer (Harvey L. Sterns, Linda M. Subich).

8 Career Issues Facing Older Workers (Terry A. Beehr, Nathan A. Bowling).

Part Three: The Changing Context of Career Development.

9 Public Policy and the Changing Legal Context of Career Development (Jon M. Werner).

10 The Changing Organizational Context of Careers (Carrie R. Leana).

11 International Careers as Repositories of Knowledge: A New Look at Expatriation (Gregory K. Stephens, Allan Bird, Mark E. Mendenhall).

Part Four: Directions for Industrial/Organizational Practice and Research.

12 Organizational Assistance in Career Development (Manuel London).

13 Advancing Research on Work Careers: A Developmental Perspective on Theory Building and Empirical Research (Daniel C. Feldman).

Name Index.

Subject Index.